Graduation 2017

On behalf of The University of Manchester and Alliance Manchester Business School, it is my pleasure to congratulate all our new MBA graduates from the Middle East on your outstanding achievement.

You have all reached the high standard demanded of the Manchester MBA and you can now continue your transformative career journey with greater confidence, better equipped and more networked than ever.

This is our fifth MBA graduation ceremony for the Middle East and I am struck each year by the quality of students we continue to attract and graduate – and students from the region are some of our best performing across the entire University of Manchester international network of centres.

This year, the ceremony has an additional special dimension as we mark the renaming of the Middle East Centre in Dubai – as The University of Manchester Middle East Centre.

After more than 10 successful years in the Middle East, working to transform the careers and lives of business and management leaders, we now look forward to the next decade with even greater optimism and confidence, as The University of Manchester in the Middle East.

I would like to thank all of our students and alumni in the region for your continuing support and trust in choosing to study with us.

To our new graduates, we wish you every continued success in your careers and we look forward to the next phase of our relationship with you, supporting and enriching your careers, as valued members of our alumni community.

Professor Fiona Devine OBE FAcSS FRSA
Dean
Alliance Manchester Business School
 

I am delighted to welcome all our graduates and guests to the fifth MBA graduation ceremony for the Middle East - and the first to be held in the region since we renamed the Dubai centre as The University of Manchester Middle East Centre.

The Middle East MBA graduation ceremony is the highlight of our year when we all share the success of our students and celebrate with families and friends.

We are very confident that in a rapidly changing global business environment, your new knowledge and your professional network of like-minded students and alumni, will help give you the confidence to accelerate your current career or build and develop a satisfying and sustainable new career in your chosen field.

The fact that you have managed your career, time and personal life whilst successfully completing a very demanding and globally recognised MBA programme, clearly demonstrates your deep professional commitment and marks you out immediately as an exceptional, serious business executive.

Wherever you choose to continue your career, our international centres and global alumni network means you are always connected to your professional peers.

Once again, we are privileged to be holding today’s ceremony under the generous patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Minister of State for Tolerance; His Excellency has played such a significant role in making this ceremony a very special occasion for us all and we are deeply grateful for his continuing support and inspirational leadership.

On behalf of the regional team at The University of Manchester Middle East Centre, our congratulations on your success; it has been our privilege to support a group of very accomplished students and we wish you every success in your future careers. Of course, you will remain part of the University’s regional community, as members of the Middle East Alumni Association.

We hope you all enjoy this wonderful occasion.

Randa Bessiso
Middle East Director
The University of Manchester